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The island with a whisky for every palate

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Whisky has been distilled on the windswept Hebridean island of Islay since the 18th century. The Queen of the Hebrides currently has eight distilleries producing...

Who is Nan Shepherd, the woman on the Ā£5 note?

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Two important days occurred this month: World Book Day and International Womenā€™s Day. As I left my desk in the office to answer the horn...
Programme Name: Rise of the Clans - TX: 03/12/2018 - Episode: The Bruce Supremacy (No. 1/3) - Picture Shows: Neil Oliver - (C) BBC Studios - Photographer: ***

TV stars among the guests at Boswell Book Festival

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The 9th Boswell Book Festival, the worldā€™s only book festival dedicated to biographies and memoirs held in honour of James Boswell, will run from 10-12...

A real treasure trove of holy hideaways

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Dixe Willsā€™ latest quirky travel guide chronicles 60 of Britainā€™s smallest churches. One chapel halfway down a remote Pembrokeshire cliff is so tiny that the...

Colouring book aims to get drivers behind the wheel

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A Scot who failed to pass his driving theory text has used his own experience to help others get through it. Award-winning Edinburgh-born entrepreneur Matthew...

Debut novel captures contrast in lifestyles

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Debutant novellist Angus MacDonald doesnā€™t waste any time jumping into the story of young Donald Peter (ā€˜DPā€™) Gillies, a Lovat Scout soldier who lies in...
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